Inherent Vice (2014)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Set in 1960s Los Angeles, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates a kidnapping case. Based on the novel written by Thomas Pynchon.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Benicio del Toro
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once – by three men never heard of again. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful escape. Patrick McGoohan is a superb counterpoint as the suspicious warden. Filmed on location in Alcatraz, this gritty and realistic reenactment of the true story has all the power one expects of an Eastwood/Siegel movie.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, Larry Hankin
Director: Don Siegel
Duel (1971)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
While traveling through the California desert for a business appointment, David Mann passes a smoky tanker truck. A game of cat-and-mouse quickly escalates into a life-and-death battle between David and the unseen trucker, with their vehicles as weapons.
Starring: Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Gene Dynarski, Lucille Benson
Director: Steven Spielberg
In the Hero / In za hîrô (2014)
Comedy
48-year-old Wataru Honjo (Toshiaki Karasawa) is a big fan of Bruce Lee and works as a suit actor (stunts performer wearing costumes). He is also president of "Shimoachiai Hero Action Club”. Even though he doesn't have the typical body type for his profession he has worked in the business for 25 years. Wataru doesn't get along with cocky rookie suite actor Ryo Ichinose, but an incident draws them closer. Ryo Ichinose then takes an audition for a Hollywood movie and passes. For the fighting scene in the climax scene, the action actor quits citing the scene is too dangerous. The movie staff hears that Wataru is the best Japanese action actor and offers the job to him. Will Wataru go for it?
Starring: Toshiaki Karasawa, Sôta Fukushi, Tomoka Kurotani, Susumu Terajima, Ini Kusano
Director: Masaharu Take
Fight Back to School III / Tao xue wei long zhi long guo ji nian (1993)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Stephen Chow returns as Chow Sing-Sing, the obnoxious undercover cop who seems to get into all sorts of trouble, only this time he doesn't go back to school. Instead, Chow goes undercover as the husband of a wealthy socialite (Anita Mui), which doesn't sit well with his fiancée played by Cheung Man who tries to convince Chow to quit working as undercover.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Anita Mui, Sharla Cheung, Pak-Cheung Chan, Anthony Wong
Director: Jing Wong
Fight Back to School II / Tao xue wei long 2 (1992)
Comedy | Crime | Romance
Star Chow (Stephen Chow) is an officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit (SDU). During a meeting with his senior officer, Inspector Yip (Deanie Ip), Star jokingly suggests he wish to be reassigned to the traffic unit. Star immediately finds himself demoted to Constable engaging in traffic duty on the streets of Hong Kong. After being made the scapegoat for a failed high school terrorist investigation, Star hastily resigns from the police. He decides to enroll at the high school to launch his own private investigation. But Star realises the investigation won't be easy when he discovers that the bumbling, incompetent CID detective Tat (Ng Man Tat) is also undercover at the high school.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Man Tat Ng, Athena Chu, Deannie Yip
Director: Gordon Chan
Fight Back to School / Tao xue wei long (1991)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Stephen Chow's prodigious skills with guns and martial arts take center stage once again in this successful action film from Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan. Chow stars as Star Chow, a cop who plays by his own rules, often endangering the other members of his team as well as the success of their missions. When a practice drill goes awry, Star is punished by the commissioner (Barry Wong) by being reassigned as an undercover agent at the local high school, his task being to locate the student who stole the commissioner's favorite gun. Naturally, there's a beautiful guidance counselor (Sharla Cheung) to provide some romantic interest, and — just as naturally — things take a downward turn when she discovers Star's true identity. In the meantime, Star locates the commissioner's gun, as well as a cache of stolen arms belonging to a triad gangster. The entire situation comes to a head during the school's open house, with a specially constructed maze serving as the backdrop for the final gun battle. Filled with action and humor, the film's success led to a pair of even more entertaining sequels. Ng Man-tat co-stars with Roy Cheung, Gabriel Wong, and Paul Chun.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Man Tat Ng, Sharla Cheung
Director: Gordon Chan
Detroit Rock City / The Kiss Movie (1999)
Comedy | Music
A comedy about four teenagers in 1978 who try to scam their way into a KISS concert.
Starring: Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Sam Huntington, Melanie Lynskey, Lin Shaye
Director: Adam Rifkin
The Brown Bunny (2003)
Drama
Actor and musician Vincent Gallo takes on the role of writer, director, editor, cinematographer, and star with his second filmmaking effort, The Brown Bunny. Motorcycle racer Bud Clay (Gallo) drives his van across the country in search of his lost love, Daisy (Chloë Sevigny). He stops at her parents' house and sees the brown bunny she left behind. Along the rest of the way, he stops for gas, rides his bike, and makes out with a woman at a roadside rest area (Cheryl Tiegs). He meets up with Daisy when he finally arrives in Los Angeles, leading to the revelatory conclusion in his hotel room. The Brown Bunny premiered in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival in a working cut of 119 minutes that was widely panned; a 93 minute final edit was shown at subsequent festivals and premiered in the United States in the summer of 2004.
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Chloë Sevigny, Cheryl Tiegs
Director: Vincent Gallo
Flirting Scholar / Tang Bohu dian Qiuxiang (1993)
Comedy | Romance
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
Starring: Stephen Chow, Li Gong, Pak-Cheung Chan, Pei-pei Cheng, Mimi Zhu
Director: Lik-Chi Lee
Home Sweet Hell / North of Hell (2015)
Comedy | Drama
Don Champagne seems to have it all but when his wife, Mona, learns of Don's affair with a pretty new salesgirl, Mona will stop at nothing to maintain their storybook life.
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Patrick Wilson, Jordana Brewster, James Belushi, Kevin McKidd, A.J. Buckley
Director: Anthony Burns
I Am Soldier (2014)
Action | Thriller | War
Action thriller about the brutal SAS selection process. Military chef Mickey Tomlinson attempts to join the Special Air Service (SAS), the British Army regiment which is known as the most elite fighting force in the world. He is put through his paces with each gruelling stage of the selection process but even if he manages to endure such extreme tests on his mind and body he will still have to prove himself on the battlefield.
Starring: Tom Hughes, Noel Clarke, Alex Reid, George Russo, Miranda Raison, Josh Myers
Director: Ronnie Thompson
The Voices (2014)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Jerry Hickfang, a lovable but disturbed factory worker who yearns for attention from a woman in accounting. When their relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn, Jerry's evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog lead him down a fantastical path where he ultimately finds salvation.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver, Gulliver McGrath, Stephanie Vogt
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert.
Starring: Doona Bae, Aki Maeda, Yû Kashii, Shiori Sekine
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Dial a Prayer (2015)
Comedy | Drama
Cora begrudgingly answers phones at a Prayer Call Center under the watchful direction of its religious leader Bill. As she struggles to reconcile her troubled past, she grapples with the faith that others have started to show in her.
Starring: Brittany Snow, Glenne Headly, William H. Macy
Director: Maggie Kiley
The Sisterhood of Night (2014)
Drama
When Emily Parris exposes a secret society of teenage girls who have slipped out of the world of social media and into another world they've discovered in the woods at night. When she accuses the girls of committing sexually deviant activities, Emily sends the small American town into a atmosphere of hysteria and the national media spotlight. The mystery deepens when each of the accused girls upholds a vow of silence.
Starring: Georgie Henley, Kara Hayward, Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman, Olivia DeJonge, Kal Penn, Laura Fraser
Director: Caryn Waechter
The Harvest (2013)
Horror | Thriller
A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door.
Starring: Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis, Charlie Tahan, Peter Fonda, Leslie Lyles, Meadow Williams, Journey Smith
Director: John McNaughton
Infernal (2015)
Horror
A happy young couple welcomes their first child shortly after getting married. Their joy quickly turns to fear when the girl starts acting strangely and unexplained phenomena start happening around the house. Fearing their daughter could be possessed, the parents call in a priest to perform an exorcism, but when that goes horribly wrong, the parents start to wonder if they can break their child free from the evil spirit that has taken over her body and soul and if she can be saved before it's too late.
Starring: Andy Ostroff, Heather Adair, Alyssa Koerner, Jose Rosete, Noelle Bruno, Elizabeth Stahl
Director: Bryan Coyne
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The Reconstruction of William Zero / The Proxy (2014)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A geneticist wakes up from an accident with only fragments of his memory is forced to relearn who he is via his twin brother. But as he digs deeper, he discovers he might not be who he thought at all.
Starring: Conal Byrne, Amy Seimetz, Tim Habeger, Adam Fristoe, Scott Poythress, Lake Roberts, Melissa McBride, Jeff Rose
Director: Dan Bush
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The House Across the Street (2013)
Horror | Thriller
When Amy moves into a new apartment, she notices strange things happening at the house across the street. Always a curious girl, Amy is compelled to investigate further. The more she finds out, the closer she gets to the center of a horrific conspiracy that threatens to tear apart her new town and destroy the lives of its people.
Starring: Eric Roberts, Ethan Embry, Alex Rocco, Courtney Gains, Jessica Sonneborn, Josh Hammond
Director: Arthur Luhn
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